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Leif Erikson is the first known European to land in North America. Leif Erikson discovered Vinland, The Land Of Wine.
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Cabot leaves Bristol and hits North America. He claims some land for the king of England and he also thought that he hit Asia instead of another continent. He later returned.
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Jacques Cartier is the firsts person to map The Gulf of St Lawrence. He also saw the two big settlements, one of which is Stadacona, where he kidnapped the chief's two children. He is also credited for naming Canada after the word Kanata, which is the Huron-Iroquois name for the area.
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Champlain founds the settlement Port-Royal after his voyage for loot and land. He finds Canada and instead of just looking for loot he also settles a settlement there. Champlain also mapped the Great Lakes.
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Champlain returns to fight for some more land and settlements and founds Quebec City and New France.
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Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart Des Groseillers leave to the fur trade and convince the British to establish Hudson Bay Company. They succeed to this day.
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Acadie (Acadia) is now definitely British.
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This year has begun the 7-year war between England and France for control over the land.
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For a period of time, the city is now England's, but the British keep fighting.
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Now the natives who are loyal to the french declare war on the English.
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The seven-year war has finished and the English surrender to the British for the land of Canada.
